The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-01-06

party yet implicated is former resident OF
Leavenworth, Kansas Weaver, Cook, Wit
rock and Haight we're school boys there to-
gether. As they grew up they became
wild and reckless and were classed ~ tough
characters. They were oil there last sum-
planned in Leavenworth. It Is rumored
that Fotheringham the express messenger il
30 far exculpated by these arrests that he will
soon be released from prison.
At Champion, Mich, Sunday afternoon
during the absence from home Of q miner
named Gribbell, three masked men forced
an entrance into the house, bound Mrs.
Gribbell hand and foot and made of with
1880. Attempting to call for help, Mrs.
Gribbel was cut with knife by one Of the
men, and her conditi is serious.
A gang Of professional safe e-blowers is
operating in Northern Ohio. Tuesday night
the safe in the postof1ce at Wadsworth,
Summit county, was blown open, and q
quantity Of stamps taken. Next the bur
glar drove to Western Star, .neighboring
and store kept by d. e. Dague, and secured
nearly SdOO in money. stamps and checks.
Fires and Casualties.
Girard, Pa, closed 1883 with q s65OOO fire,
including the opera house block.
A Chicago street car was smashed by q To-
comotive Monday. Four persons were hurt,
but not seriously.
The Detroit Alaska Sock factory burned
and q number Of girls in the third story
barely escaped with their lives. Loss s37,-
600.
John Daw Of Mitchell, Ont, was gored to
death by bull Dec. 27th, and his wife fell
dead at the sight Of her husbands bleeding
corpse.
At Denver, Col, the boiler in q carpet
cleaning house exploded, and three men
were crushed under the brick walls Of the
building.
DR.. Patten, formerly successful dentist,
but Of late years incorporate and eking out
existence by cobbling, was burned up in his
house at Franklin, Maine.
The opera house at Galesburg, ILL.,, took
fire on the Goth from defective fire and
burned. Loss on building 81, 600. insurance
G5,OO. Other losses $4,000
At Sanfords Corners, Jefferson Co., N. Y,
the clothes Of Mrs. Edwin Stanford, .
stove and she was burned to death.
Two boilers in the Seiberling mower and
reaper works ut Akron, Ohio, exploded Dec.
81, demolishing the two story brick boiler
house and injuring five men, one Of whom
died.
Two steamers and four barges lying at
anchor at Cairo, H., loaded with cotton,
soda ash and sundries took fire ON the
morning of the 18th, and burned to the
waters edge. Loss $1,000
Fire ut Greensburg, Westmoreland Co.,
Pa, on the 18th destroyed four buildings,
among the finest in the city including the
Laird House, from which guests escaped in
their night clothes. The loss is $4,000.
At East st. Louis, Ills, water tank on
the roof Of Helms brewery fell through
the roof killing one man and breaking
pipes causing the escape Of ammonia gas
which was inhaled by two men causing
their death.
During the rehearsal Of the Little Tycoon
in the Temple theatre, Philadelphia, the
curtain took fire from . gas jet, and the ed
ifice burned in an incredibly short time.
Three men lest their lives, and others, in
cluding females, were rescued by means of
ropes and ladders. Loss on building
100000; scenery &c. 900; insurance
Sl27, 600.
At Scranton, Pa, Mrs. John Burke, going
upstairs with lighted lamp fell to the bot
tom and was stunned. The lamp exploded
and set her clothing on fire. Before she
could be rescued she was burned almost to
q crisp. Her husband, who is blind, was
unable to render assistance, but his cries
brought help to the house, which, unfortu-
nately, arrived too late.